Vertical equity: Weighting outcomes? Or establishing procedures?

Health Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Mooney, Gavin ^a   Stephen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

equity; health outcomes; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; COMMUNITARIANISM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; JUSTICE; OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIETY; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIGHTS; UTILITARIANISM; VALUES;

AUSTRALIA; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0343990786     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(96)00851-2     Document Type: Article

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